NOVEMBER 26, 2018 - Progress is being made to assist civilians in several parts of the world, including in Colombia and Yemen, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said. The USNS Comfort, a hospital ship, is now docked in Colombia as part of an 11-week voyage to ports of call that have so far included Peru and Ecuador, said Mattis, speaking at a Pentagon press briefing … [Read more...]
USS Sioux City Is “Brought to Life” At The U.S. Naval Academy
NOVEMBER 19, 2018, Annapolis, MD - The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest surface combatant, the littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), during a ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy, Nov. 17. The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) is the Navy’s 13th littoral combat ship to enter the fleet and the sixth of the Freedom variant. It is the first ship named after S … [Read more...]
Navy Task Force Promotes Increased Knowledge of Ocean Environment
OCTOBER 30, 2018 - In a keynote speech to attendees of the Oceans 2018 conference—held last week in Charleston, South Carolina—Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. David Hahn discussed the goals of the U.S. Navy’s Task Force Ocean, a signature program of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson. TFO is designed to reinvigorate the Navy’s commitment to ocean sciences, advanci … [Read more...]
Navy, Gerard Butler Collaborate on Submarine Movie
OCTOBER 16, 2018 - Hollywood came to the Pentagon today as actor Gerard Butler spoke to Pentagon reporters about his collaboration with the U.S. Navy in making “Hunter-Killer,” a submarine movie due out this week. The Pentagon press briefing studio was filled to capacity as Butler – who plays the commander of the fictional attack sub USS Arkansas in the movie – answered quest … [Read more...]
“Forged by the Sea”, U.S. Navy Celebrates 243 Years
OCTOBER 12, 2018 - A 13 October 1775 resolution of the Continental Congress established what is now the United States Navy with “a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible despatch, for a cruise of three months….” After the United States won its independence, however, Congress, und … [Read more...]